Caloundra deep 06/02/2021

[Any_Weather]

Quick report guys, left caloundra and hit the bar at 5.00 this morning with a bit of a swell rolling in. No issues with the crossing and headed straight for the 140m area with a wreck. First drift saw 2 massive yellowtail kings so out to the to the 200m+ area. Hunted around and found a great show of fish that produced nil. Next we headed a little deeper and found a few cod.
With a couple of decent fish in the box, we headed north a bit and found a few more.
Ended up with 9 cod and then jigged some bait on the way home for next trip. Back over the bar at 3.30pm.



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[Dezzer]

Woohoo, a fishing report on Ausfish!!
That's a good day. Sitting at work all week looking at the home weather didn't think anybody would be getting out.
Thanks for a post I can read without grimacing.

[Lovey80]

I love the fishing reports and I’m super interested to hear more about the deep fishing. Something I want to get into once I get back into an offshore rig.

[disorderly]

Nice report and nice fish mate...

What bait do you use to catch them and whats the biggest you have caught..?

[Any_Weather]

Gday Disorderly, they were caught on squid or pillies. I normally like to have mullet fillets also but didn’t have any.
The biggest I have got is about 25kg. That was a couple of years ago. The biggest here would be about 15kg. I think the smaller ones eat better and are way easier to clean than the big ones. They do grow way bigger than this but.


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[TREVELLY]

Welldone AW
How was the current?
Lead size?
Drift speed?
Thanks for posting the report
Great freezer filler and good eating
I read people prefer smaller but I like bigger


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[Any_Weather]

Hi Trevelly, the current was very steady. 1.5kg lead and a slow drift. I think BOM put the current speed at 1.5 knots. There was very little wind. I only drift fish with a para anchor and the majority of times, I am fishing straight down with this same lead even if the current is up a bit. I have 2 sizes of anchor, a quite large one if the wind is up.


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